Ranularia sinensis

Ranularia sinensis, common name: the Chinese triton, is a species of predatory sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Cymatiidae.[1]

Ranularia sinensis
Apertural view of Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Caenogastropoda
Order: Littorinimorpha
Family: Cymatiidae
Genus: Ranularia
Species:
R. sinensis
Binomial name
Ranularia sinensis
(Reeve, 1844)
Synonyms[1]
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense (Reeve, 1844)
  • Cymatium defrenata Iredale, T., 1936
  • Ranularia sinensis defranata Iredale, 1936
  • Cymatium (Ranularia) sinensis defrenata Iredale, T., 193
  • Triton sinensis Reeve, 1844

This species was originally described by Reeve in 1844 as Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense [2]

Description

The shell size varies between 50mm and 94 mm

Distribution

This marine species occurs off South Japan and New South Wales, Australia.

References
  1. Ranularia sinensis (Reeve, 1844). Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species on 6 December 2018.
  2. Reeve, L.A. (1844). Monograph of the genus Triton . pp. pls 1–20 in Reeve, L.A. Conchologia Iconica. London : L. Reeve & Co. Vol.2
  • "Cymatium (Ranularia) sinense sinense". Gastropods.com. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
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